Free Wi-Fi is no different to a filthy public toilet, water fountain or payphone, says a data security specialist.

Twitter has permanently banned Milo Yiannopoulos as it cracked down on a wave of racist abuse targeting the Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones.

The mastermind behind the most popular illegal file-sharing site in the world, KickassTorrents, has distributed billion of dollars of pirated movies and music.

Meet Graham - Australia's new road safety ambassador who is built to survive a car crash.

COMMENT: Suddenly everything starts to make sense: we are living in a video game.

COMMENT: Physical actions in the real world and data processing in the digital are fusing as the Internet of Things takes hold.

One of the most common security mistakes made it easy for one of US sports' biggest hacking scandals.

COMMENT: TradeMe was once the go-to site for selling, Facebook is gunning for its crown.

Don't muck around Val Adams. That's the message for a European airport security official who tangled with our double Olympic gold

A growing number of people say they are frustrated and annoyed with telecommunications provider Chorus.

What we know about the suspected shooter in Baton Rouge.

Critics on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict blame social media for violence and hate.

Has Pokemon gone too far? A Twitter user has captured the chaos which ensued when a rare animated creature appeared in Central Park.

Many on social media today ignored requests by French authorities to not spread rumours and stick to official accounts for their news on the Nice attack.

The career of an Emmy Award-winning American news producer has gone down in flames in a series of inflammatory and racist social media postings.

Pokemon Go has raised security concerns after the app accessed users' personal information.

Why we can't have nice things: while the gaming industry rushes to compete with Pokemon Go, will quality take a back seat?

A backlash has started against Pokemon Go players, reminding them they are not welcome everywhere.

COMMENT: A new phenomenon due to the rise in smartphones is where we turn to our devices to answer a need.

It's the next big thing after drone- and laser-based Internet, says Mark Zuckerberg.

Following the Herald's coverage of poorly laid fibre cables, Chorus' CEO says his workforce is stretched beyond capacity.

Snapchat's introduced a new feature allowing people to hang onto their snaps for longer.

Woosh Wireless' creditors, thought to be owed almost $13 million, have voted to put the troubled internet provider into liquidation.

This man is alive, but tributes from the Orlando shooting, the Istanbul attack and the EgyptAir crash all include his photo.

A woman has admitted breaching a suppression order by publishing names of victims on Facebook. Nicola Jayne Witheford, whose partner

Newly installed fibre broadband wires were chewed by a pet dog after installers nailed the cables to the dog enclosure, an internet user complains.

Chinese regulators have announced they will vet all social media information before being published by media agencies to stop the spreading of "false reports" and "rumours"

The internet has not evolved in the way it had been envisioned.

Facebook has confirmed that it is working with the Māori Language Commission on "the appropriate use of Māori language" on its platform.

COMMENT: A selection of ways you can use your smartphone camera.